Highlights of this day in history: The Beatles appear on TV's 'Ed Sullivan'; Sen. Joseph McCarthy launches his anti-communist crusade; World War II's Battle of Guadalcanal ends; Soviet leader Yuri Andropov dies; author Alice Walker born. (Feb. 9)
![](https://stlouisherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/floppy-disk-wall-1210x642.jpg)
St. Louis Breaking News & Events